G, I wouldn't bother replying to your distant friend. I might consider adding a relation after all that time, but not a sort of friend from high school. Some people take FB friend to be anyone that ever met or vaguely remember the name of. I think my fb is set to super paranoid mode so I (hopefully) don't come up in searches.
MP, glad you a feeling better about the glasses. I am sure he has not missed out on anything, it was just his normal itms. Now he will be all set up for school etc, no problem (you certainly didn't offend me on the glasses thing either).
MD, what is this I hear about a chocolate cafe??? Are you away now? Hope you are having a fabulous time xx
Cally, it isn't worth biking to kindy for us either - by the time I have the pram down the drive he is already there lol. It is about 30m away! But he likes it
So funny about K's crush!
First snow on the mountain over the last couple of days and OMG it is freezing! This house just has a heat pump, doesn't get snuggly warm like having a fireplace. Might have to get an oil heater for the bedrooms too, gets a bit chilly up there.
Ginger - I suppose it might be considered a bit weird, but then maybe she was thinking that she should have stayed better friends with you in high school. I'd be willing to give her the benefit of the doubt, friend her and if it gets weird you can defriend her. You can always block certain posts so she can't see them as well if they're something you're concerned about a lack of privacy with. Wow, school forms already - the local Catholic primary had an open day yesterday, but the public school we are going to doesn't have anything until September or so.
Arte - wow 30m, you could just wave him over (if it wasn't for having to sign him in!) I forgot to sign Miss K in to preschool last week - it was the first time she didn't freak with me leaving her there and needing to be extracted that I was too focussed on getting out the door!
G: i reckon the less friends on FB the better ITMS. i dunno. i like to share photos and dislike that i now have a 'do not show' list for those long ago friends that i have no idea about their current lives IYKWIM. I am hoping to get my brave boots on and just cull a whole bunch. I also am currently ignoring a friend request from a guy that is marrying my bestie. i have NEVER met him, dont think i particularly like him (i get heebie jeebie), but i do know that by not friending him it will be noted. predicament argghh! but ultimately, i want to feel comfy with who can see my photos...
Arte: brrrr! having lived in canberra without adequate heating it is worth investing in really good heaters i just dont move when i am cold.
MD: i am soooo jealous of your sydney jaunt! i soo wanna be there indulging in strawberries and chocolate dipping sauce!
Cally: we are not filling out forms yet either. i think ours is even later (october!). i better double-check though!
AFM: all good here. we are only 9 days away from moving out of the apartment! i cant believe it! i am so excited lol. BIG roadtrip through canyon country, colorado and the rockies coming up as we head to kansas to visit friends. i am mildly worried about the drive as it is tornado season and there has been quite alot...
Cass, I would so love to do a big road trip across US like that! I have it planned in my mind, and DH agrees because he doesn't really think we will ever do it lol. I would love to go storm chasing!
Cally, yay for the quiet get away! Has she always been upset at leaving time? W went though a patch at the start of the year of getting upset when I left but he is good again now thankfully.
Yeah, when he starts school he can go by himself when he is ready - it is only on the other side of kindy.
So do your kids not start school when they turn 5?
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Arte, they dont' go to school till after they have turned 5 or the year that they do. So for our September babies, they will turn 5 this september and then go to school next year. But for my L, he started school when he was 4yr11mths and he turned 5 in Feb 3 weeks after he started school. They don't start school as soon as they turn 5, but in SA I think they can?
G, I had that happen ages ago - a girl I was friends with in high school and then had a falling out with after school finished friended me on FB. TBH I added her because I was just as curious about her life as she was about mine, but we messaged each other a few times, filled each other in on the past 15 years and then I unfriended her. There wasn't any point having her on there just because she was someone I used to be friends with. If it happened again I wouldn't friend the person, but just message them to get the courtesies out of the way and then move on again kwim? But in your situation, it's been years with no real friendship even when you were at school so I would pass on it. With my situation we were besties at school so it was a bit different.
Cass the road trip sounds fantastic! I would like to do it too. For all americas faults, they sure do have some beautiful country over there. And I think DH would secretly love to drive through the farming areas but he'd never admit it LOL.
Arte, I'd be getting a few heaters too! Sounds like a cold bugger of a place.
MP, I think it's harder on us to adjust to than it is for them, because if you think of it this way, everything gets immediately better for them because they put the glasses on and holy moly they can see! And kids with glasses are so common these days. At out school there would be 30plus kids that have glasses. Not all of them wear them fulltime like L does, but there are more kids with glasses than you think there are. And he's never been teased about it either, which was one thing I was worried about because when I was at school kids got teased about glasses. So it was good to know that it was a non-issue kwim?
We dont do school enrollments till September too. I'm going to be an absolute mess when he goes for his orientation days. We're waiting to hear about L's exam results to see if he got into the high school or not though, so I'm distracted by that and not thinking about my baby boy going to school LOL
Arte - K and her cousin will both be starting school Jan/Feb next year, even though they are 6 months difference in age. It creates a lot of angst for kids that are 5 in the period of Feb to April as they are youngish, but if they wait a year they can be almost 6 when they do start.
K has always had some days when she has been a bit funny at the dropoff, but we seem to have had more this year. Although today's dropoff went very well.
Trill - how long do you have to wait for the results? Fingers crossed!
ARTE!!! - did we miss your birthday? Noooooooo! And it's a big one, with a zero attached and everything.
Ok, well a bit belatedly - but HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! To a gorgeous friend... I think of you often - even when it's not your birthday! Hope you managed to have a lovely day, best excuse for self-indulgence I reckon
Hey MD. How was your trip away? I see you are off again soon too! Busy, busy! How was the Bryce thing?
Don't worry about missing my birthday - I took it off FB in a fit of denial a while back lol. But it was an ok day, just another day really. Turned out it was pretty painless rolling over into the new decade
oh i totally didnt realise!!!! well, happy birthday anyway Arte! sorry that it was a bit of a fizzler
we are slowly packing up our house here in LA!! this friday we are gone!!! cant wait to hit the road.
not much else to report really. Miss L is getting a bit anxious about the change in structure again, but thankfully i am aware of the signs this time and am onto it. so hopefully have curbed it off a bit.
Arte, the Bryce this is the one I'm going to. The other one was my DoD sponsored Sydney trip. Nice, by the way. I advocated hard and a couple of my ideas got up - one of them was so sticky someone else picked it up and ran with it. Hopefully it will lead to positive change (but I'm not holding my breath, JIC). LOL at you being such a Zero Deniar. BTW how's the new place going, have you got the mice & heating etc all sorted out?
Cass - yay for you moving again - gosh that's gone so fast. I can't believe it's MAY already! I hope you take lots of photos on your road trip - sounds gorgeous. Tornado schnornado. Just keep on truckin!
Ginger - hmmm - re FB - it depends on the depth of the original connection, for me. I recently friended someone I hadn't seen for about 15 years - we were friends when we lived in the same town but so much harder to maintain that connection over multiple moves. Anyway it has been a real delight to reconnect and I can't imagine that she feels any different. And when I was in Sydney I looked up a friend I hadn't seen since DD1 was 6 months old - it was fantastic. BUT having said all that, I've ignored plenty of friend requests as well, from people I haven't shared that closeness with - I think it's kinder to never friend in the first place than friend then de-friend.
MP - I know it's hard to hear you've missed an issue like eyesight, but that's probably a good sign that he's been compensating really well, and you provide a rich multisensory environment for him to learn in too. Well done picking it up so early, it takes many families a lot longer!
Good reminder to get my girls' eyes checked - thanks.
Trill - yes it is like the rules have changed overnight (re soc media). But on the other hand it gets some things out and more visible whereas perhaps they might've been trickier to identify. Put it this way, it's taken exactly one week of DD being on FB for me to identify exactly who the biartches are. And it's an angle into some conversations about particular dynamics. But I can tell you a lot of parents are *not* scrutineering their little darlings online (at all). BTW how's the semester going for you?
...or the case may be MD that the parents are supporting their wee children in the biartchy behaviour shockingly common from what i remember when i was in highschool.
Heating and mice sorted I think - getting the diesel central heating going soon and I flicked a particularly slow and floppy mouse out the door so I am assuming the bait is doing its job.
Cass, any improvement in the morning sickness? I forgot to ask if you examined your 3D ultrasound for any hint of gender? I still say boy. Hope L does better with the next shift - the prep should help.
MD, yay for catching up with old friends Hope your next trip is good.
AFM, we have a lady coming tomorrow to meet W in regards to his behavior. I talked to her last week while W wasn't here and she very quickly gathered that the clothes thing is not sensory but security, and the tantrums are control and based on his very strong sense of self and autonomy. She seem very intuitive, she came to the same conclusions as me without me saying. Although he has been much better lately, but it won't hurt to have some tools in the box for next time ('cos there is always a next time!).
MD: soooo what were the ideas??? you dont need to spill if it is too awesome
I was so jealous of your trip to sydney lol. is canberra also a solo act?
Arte: little turd had legs FIRMLY crossed hahaha. we didnt get too many pics as it was super quick scan at our request. but thankfully we dont have to wait long for the morphology which is on the 13th of june....just flying along this pg. sometimes i even forget that i am pregnatn (and yes, even with the shocking morning sickness...which is slowly abating....i think).
that sounds awesome about having someone else try to offer some perspective and advice with W. what is the most worrying aspect? or is it a whole situation thing rather than individual things?
for me, i worry about Miss Ls tendencies to anxiety. we have it in the family and i sooo dont want her to be afflicted with it.
G: how did the FB thing resolve? I have chosen to pretend the friend request i have isnt there
Trill: yeah i am looking forward to seeing some more spectacular scenery. the redwood forests in Nth California were just breathtaking, and i am soo looking forward to the grandcanyon, rockies and colorado etc. DH was awesome and bought me a gorgeous new camera with a flashy looking lens so here's hoping i learn how to use it in time
AFM: all good here. there was a HUGE torndado in Kansas yesterday. not happy Jan. ah well, storm chasers r us lol.
Arte - glad the birthday wasn't too freaky. That decade is pretty good I reckon. Hope everything goes well with W today.
Cass - oooh, tornadoes! I think I would be quietly freaking out about that, but chances are pretty small you'd manage to get caught up in one (aren't they?)
DD is having a sick day today. Woke up this morning with no voice and a terrible barky sort of cough. Apparently one of her little friends had croup last week so she might have that. DH is coming home at lunch time to take over so I can do some work - he's away the next 2 days so it will be just me if it is something more serious than just one recovery day.
On the plus side it is going to be 24 degrees today, so we might go to the chemist to get some sore throat lozenges, then have a bit of a swing at the beach (well rugged up of course)
She loves throat lollies! She used to be a chewer, but she sucks now. Found some today that are lollypops for sore throats. Poor little chicken, she looks so miserable, can't talk properly and with such a yucky cough. It's been ages since she's had more than a cold.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! 
To a gorgeous friend... I think of you often - even when it's not your birthday! Hope you managed to have a lovely day, best excuse for self-indulgence I reckon 
this friday we are gone!!! cant wait to hit the road.
shockingly common from what i remember when i was in highschool.
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